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Families of at least nine victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking monetary, punitive damages and injunctive relief against the manufacturer of the rifle allegedly used in the shooting.

Black Friday may have been the best Black Friday ever for gun sales, according to numbers released by the FBI.

Remington announced a recall on Monday with respect to Model 887™ shotguns manufactured from December 1, 2013 to November 24, 2014. According to engineers, these pump guns may unintentionally discharge.

From the ATF: “Receiver blanks that do not meet the definition of a “firearm” are not subject to regulation under the GCA. The ATF has long held that items such as receiver blanks, “castings” or “machined bodies” in which the fire-control cavity area is completely solid and un-machined have not reached the “stage of manufacture” which would result in the classification of a firearm per the GCA.”

When I got an invite to the factory at Taurus Firearms, I thought I had just scored a free trip to Brazil! But little did I know, Taurus makes many of their guns right here in the USA, near my stomping grounds in Miami. Those of us who were invited from the gun media family got to see how they make the Taurus tipup pistols, called the small frame or Model 22, and many of the .380 TCP parts being made, as well as guns from Taurus’s Heritage cowboy gun series and even some of the OEM parts that Taurus builds for other manufacturers.

ATI announced this month that it’s products will begin appearing in MC Sports stores across the midwest.

Not very frequently does GunsAmerica post written reviews from other gun publications, but in this particular instance we felt posting American Rifleman’s original review of the Ruger 10/22 which appeared in the Sept. 1964 issue was warranted considering the celebration that is going on today at Ruger. If you haven’t heard, Ruger is holding a special sweepstakes today to honor the 50th anniversary of the 10/22. Check it out!

From the man who brought you the first open-sourced 3-D printable firearm, now comes the Ghost Gunner, a miniature CNC mill that allows one to readily make AR lower receivers at home.

Beretta has broken ground on a new factory in Gallatin, Tennessee. The festivities were lavish, and brought some news. Beretta isn’t just phasing in new lines in Tennessee, as they’d originally announced–they’re moving everything to Tennessee, lock, stock, and barrel.